My Final Project for Figure Class

So one of my favorite classes in Ringling was Interpretive Figure, and definitely not because of the fact that I photographed complete strangers in the nude. It was a class where I could *finally* submit photos of subject matter I was interested in, people and the form. So along with my love of concepts, I devised a project for my final based on the idea of Nightmares. I was having enough in those days, god knows why.
I chose some of the most popular themes of dreams people seem to have: Being chased, falling, drowning, suffocation, and having a threatening presence or an "unwanted visitor". So with one week to shoot all these as a series with 2 photos per concept, I was swamped! But I think the results weren't too bad :) I don't have any BTS of the shoots but here are my final results:

"The Chase"




"The Fall"



"Trapped"



"Drowning"



"Unwanted Visitor"



I had a lot of fun doing these, and hopefully I'll do something along the same lines soon. I really enjoy making photos that actually MEAN something..instead of pretty to the eye type of things. Not that there's anything wrong with those sometimes, but to have meanings really makes the photo all the more worthwhile. For me, and for my audience.

Long Hiatus

Alright, so it's been almost a year since I've even updated this page..eek. That's bad. But school has kept me very preoccupied. Last summer was the busiest I'd ever been shoot-wise and it was kind of good to have somewhat of a load off when school started. I definitely did not shoot very much when not in finals mode..and have only done a handful of model and client shoots throughout the year. Sarasota is a difficult place to find any kind of creative team, so I was challenged. But because I am now back home in Ft Lauderdale with many shoots to come, I'm ready to have fun again and document my experiences :)
When I get out of windows bootcamp, I'll have to post some of the work I've completed through my first year at college.

Til then!
Nicole